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Community Highlights

After Climate Disasters Harvey and Irma, Facing the New Normal

September 14, 2017
Lydia Avila, Executive Director, Power Shift Network

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are awful reminders that the climate crisis is not an abstract issue to be faced by future generations—it’s happening right now, and it’s devastating communities and taking lives. With fossil-fuel industry puppets in charge of the government, that means it’s up to us to defend those under attack.

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In the Rise of Climate Change, We Need to be Vigilant about Climate Justice

July 28, 2017
Power Shift Network

Although climate change will transform the face of the planet, our socio-economic systems ensure people of color have been affected first and will continue to be hit the worst. Luckily, our communities also have the solutions.

By Makayla Comas

Both of my homes are under attack.

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If This Really Means Freedom… An Anti-Oppression Curriculum for the Climate Movement

July 10, 2017
Power Shift Network

An introduction to a resource bank that we hope will help us move a little bit closer to realizing our dream of a just and sustainable future for our movements and the world.

By Eddie Junsay, Eva Malis, and Charlie Jiang

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Minnesota Youth Win Legal Standing in Fight Against Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

July 5, 2017
Akilah Sanders-Reed, Oil Free Organizer, Power Shift Network

In historic move, judge grants Youth Climate Intervenors legal status to bring climate arguments to pipeline permitting process

ST. PAUL, MN— On July 3, a Minnesota judge made the historic decision to grant 13 young people legal status as an official stakeholder in the permitting case for Enbridge’s controversial Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

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In the Climate Movement, Making a New America

June 1, 2017
Charlie Jiang

As we forge a path to climate justice, we can create an inclusive America for all of us.

932 At the Peoples Climate March, diverse communities from across the country came together to demand a just future.

Shocked, but not surprised.

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Response to Trump's Decision to Pull Out of Paris Agreement

June 1, 2017
Lydia Avila, Executive Director, Power Shift Network

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Statement from Lydia Avila, Power Shift Network Executive Director, on Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change:

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Climate Justice Demands Active Solidarity

May 30, 2017
Ben Goloff

When frontline communities are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back.

917 The Grassroots Global Justice Alliance’s People’s Caravan at Philadelphia City Hall at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

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